Ecuador News News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador's security crisis warrants US assistance
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Lasso should be commended for his ambitious vision, it is unlikely that U.S.-Ecuador security cooperation will approach the ...
News Ecuador » Security: Secure Border Strategy Strengthens Ecuador’s Border Security – Analysis
For transnational criminal organizations, Ecuador’s northern border remains a strategic corridor for drug trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, illegal mining, and other illicit economies. The Secure ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador and Its Neighbours in the Andes
The Ecuador neighbourhood in October 2026: borders with Colombia and Peru, a tariff war that ended, trade, migration, rivers and the Andean Community.
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador security forces conduct raids as prison guards remain hostage
QUITO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Military and police operations took place around Ecuador on Thursday in response to a wave of violence and the detention of nearly 180 prison staff by inmates, with the ...
News Ecuador » Security: From Rhetoric to Reality on Ecuador’s Security Challenge
Daniel Noboa won Ecuador's presidential election on Sunday. Ecuador’s president-elect has presented an ambitious set of security plans to tackle the country’s growing organized crime problem, but ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador to use United Arab Emirates AI technology for border security
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said the government plans to incorporate technology developed by EDGE Group, a United Arab Emirates ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador and US push regional security alliance, but mining and energy enter the agenda
Noboa and envoy Kristi Noem discussed mining and oil as 15 Shield of the Americas nations moved to sanction MS-13, Tren de Aragua and 22 other groups.
News Ecuador » Security: Is Gang Legalization Responsible for Ecuador’s Security Crisis?
Organized crime and violence in Ecuador have reached new peaks, throwing a controversial gang-legalization policy from the administration of President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) back into the limelight ...
News Ecuador » Security: Can Ecuador’s New President End The Security Crisis And Rebuild The Economy?
Ecuador's economy heavily relies on petroleum, leaving it vulnerable to oil price fluctuations and declining production, impacting government revenue and economic growth. A surge in violence and ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador: raid on Mexican embassy draws international criticism – but President Noboa hopes voters approve
Ecuador’s security forces recently conducted a raid on the Mexican embassy in the country’s capital city, Quito. The arrest and subsequent detention of fugitive former vice-president Jorge Glas has ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador’s security crisis warrants US assistance
Ecuador is experiencing a rapid rise in homicide rates. A failure to stem, and eventually reverse, insecurity could undermine the popularity of Ecuador’s new government, which is staunchly pro-U.S.